Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Keycloak
Keycloak clearly comes out ahead of Authentik on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Authentik Security | Red Hat |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec |
| Categories | security-tools | security-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | authentik | keycloak |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Device Compliance (In Development) | ||
| Fine-Grained Authorization | ||
| B2B And B2C Use Cases | ||
| Identity Brokering | ||
| Billing And Purchase Via Invoice | ||
| Single Sign-On (Sso) | ||
| Chrome Enterprise Device Trust Connector | ||
| Standard Protocols (Oidc, Oauth 2.0, Saml 2.0) | ||
| Client Certificate Authentication (Mtls) | ||
| User Federation | ||
| Dedicated, Customized Support And Slas | ||
| Embed External Oauth/Saml Sources | ||
| Enhanced Audit Logging For Compliance | ||
| Everything In Enterprise | ||
| Everything In Open Source | ||
| Exportable Csv Reports | ||
| Fips Compliance For Fedramp Requirements | ||
| Google Workspace Integration | ||
| Kerberos | ||
| Ldap | ||
| Microsoft Entra Id Integration | ||
| Oauth2 Authentication In Scim | ||
| Oidc | ||
| Password History Compliance Checks | ||
| Proxy | ||
| Radius | ||
| Radius Eap-Tls | ||
| Saml | ||
| Scim | ||
| Shared Signals Framework (Abm) Support |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Keycloak comes out ahead overall, though Authentik can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Authentik and Keycloak offer a free tier.
Keycloak scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
